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Ring and cylinder beads

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBlue faience, bone
DimensionsHeight x width x thickness: 0.7 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm (1/4 x 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1543.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, Tumulus XB/289. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
String of beads
1550–1295 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
Bead necklace
270 B.C.-A.D. 320
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040-1640 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.